Chapter 134: Trapped In A Net
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Samantha quietly sat up on the cozy mattress after changing her dress.
Her emerald green eyes gleamed as they surveyed the beautiful, not so spacious but comfortable room she had been told to stay in. Unlike Lord Ivan’s chamber which consisted of white and mostly black in both furnitures and architectures, Samantha couldn’t stop herself from comparing both rooms as there was a stark difference in their level of taste. Humming to herself as her shoulders dropped, Samantha finally laid properly on her bed to get some sleep, but not after she hoped for Ivan to be safe since his absence only made her think more about how he was doing.
Shaking the elusive thought from her head as it only made her grow more worried, Samantha closed her eyes and tried to get some sleep.
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That same night, when Ivan returned to the Palace, the shadow knights were nowhere at sight, which meant they had finally been gotten rid off. He no longer sensed their presence within the Palace vicinity, but he could still sense a strong dark aura that only Lord Draven was capable of possessing, which meant he hadn’t left the Palace yet. Fighting back against one of the Four Lords was a mistake he shouldn’t have made, there were consequences, but he didn’t regret it since his little lamb was finally in a place where he knew her safety would be secured.
Feeling his wings close behind him, his expression contorted into one of pain as they shrunk into the smallest size, almost as if his bones were being broken and stuffed back into his back. Ivan nearly dropped to his knees as the pain felt almost too agonizing to be true, but he had to get used to whatever changes were happening to him, besides, he was starting to become more inhuman than he had imagined.
Making his way into the Palace that had gone eerily quiet, the doors leading to the hall room were opened for him so he could make his way through. Suddenly, a strange perceptible sound echoed in the air, forcing Ivan to freeze at the entrance, his sharp senses tingling with a sense of unease. Sensing danger, Ivan’s eyes darted across the room, trying to find the source of his disturbance, but when he saw no one present, he took a step into the hall just incase.
SWOOSH!
The sound of a net falling from above had caught Ivan’s senses, it billowed through the air with stunning speed, and since he wasn’t prepared for this action, the net dropped on him, entangling his figure and feeling surprisingly heavy against him! Ivan let out a grunt as he tried to free himself from the bondage of the net, but it had restricted his movements, whilst he found himself trapped within the unexpected snare.
"The hell...!"
At once, Ivan was surrounded by guards, including the Four Lords and his two other brothers whom he hadn’t killed yet. He wouldn’t say he was surprised since he had expected them to show up sooner or later, but he was rather impressed with their timing. His two step brothers, Hadrian and Emeric, the main puppets of Eamon, emerged from within the shadows. A palpable aura of power radiated off them as everyone had him surrounded, despite being trapped in their net, and he knew exactly why... this is the reason why he had to get his little lamb somewhere safe.